Most verse writing uses
meter as its primary organizational mode, as opposed to
prose,
which uses
grammatical and discoursal units like sentences and paragraphs. Verse may also use
rhyme and
other technical devices that are often associated with
poetry.

Not all verse is poetry. Generally speaking, what separates the two is that
in poetry language achieves the highest possible level of condensation.

In popular music a verse roughly corresponds with a poetic stanza. It is
often sharply contrasted with the chorus or refrain melodically, rhythmically,
and harmonically, and assumes a higher level of dynamics and activity, often
with added instrumentation. See: strophic form, verse-chorus form and
Thirty-two-bar form.